We bow out of the FA Cup following Saturday’s 2-1 quarter-final defeat at Southampton, and Mikel Arteta has addressed the media in his post-match press conference.
Viktor Gyokeres came off the bench to level the tie in the second-half following Ross Stewart’s opener, before Shea Charles’ late winner for the hosts.
Read every word from Mikel’s post-match presser below:
on his disappointment:
Yes, we’re very disappointed in the manner that we lost the opportunity to get back to Wembley. I think we again had many, many periods of dominance from our side when we generated chances and situations – we didn’t capitalise on that enough – and when you defend in and around the box and directly in the manner that we did today, you’re going to put yourself in a really difficult position. They did capitalise on that, and that’s the reason why we’re out.
